Dispensing-tank



PATENTED FEB. 2, 1904.

W. R. BARTON. DISPENSING TANK.

APPLICATION FILED JULY so 1903 no MODEL.

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PATENT OFFICE.

DISPENSING-TANK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 750,794, dated February2, 1904.

Application filed July 30, 1903. Serial No. 167,633. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom, it Wtcty concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAMsoN R. BARTON, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Iola, in the county of Allen and State of Kansas,have invented a new and useful Dispensing- Tank, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention relates to certain improvements in measuring vessels, andhas for its object to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficientdevice of this character by means of which oils, wines, and otherliquids may be accurately and rapidly drawn off from storage tanks,casks, or other receptacles, in predetermined quantities, withoutresorting to the use of individual measures, thereby saving time andpreventing evaporation and waste of the liquids.

A further object of the invention is to provide a positive connectionbetween the cook or faucet and operating-valve, so that when the faucetis closed the valve will be automatically opened, permitting apredetermined quantity of liquid from the tank or other receptacle toflow into the measuring vessel, and when said faucet is opened toautomatically close the valve and permit the liquid in the measuringvessel to be drawn off.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended, itbeing understood that various changes in form, proportion, and minordetails of construction may be resorted to without departing from thespirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional viewof a measuring vessel constructed in accordance with my invention,showing the cook or faucet open. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the samewith the pivoted cover thrown back in order to show the arrangement ofthe valve and valve-stem. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view showing the cock or faucet closed, and Fig. 4 is a detail perspective viewof the faucet-plugdetached.

Similarnurnerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawlngs.

1 designates a storage tank or reservoir, formed'of metal or othersuitable material, being preferably cylindrical in shape, as shown, andprovided with a pivoted lid or cover 2, through which the liquid isintroduced. The tank or reservoir is provided with a partition ordiaphragm 3, dividing the tank into two compartments, the uppercompartment 4 containing the supply of liquid and the lower compartment5 being adapted to receive the liquid in predetermined quantitiesthrough a valve 6 in the diaphragm, the liquid from the compartment 5being drawn off through a cook or faucet 7 at the lower end of the tankand communicating with said compartment. Secured in any suitable mannerto the plug 8 of the cook 7 is an inwardly-extending inclined plate orcam 9, which reciprocates back and forth between the outwardly-extendingears or lugs 10 of a valve-stem 11 and opens and closes the valve 6 asthe plug 8 is operated. The valve-stem 11 is preferably formed of asingle piece of wire, one end of which is bent to form the ears or lugs10, and passes upwardly through guides 12 and a slot 13, formed in theupper end of the tank, said wire being bent on itself and extendingdownwardly parallel with the inner wall of the tank to a point adjacentthe partition 3, where it is bent at right angles and passes through aloopor guide 14, the end of the wire being fastened in any suitablemanner to the valve 6. Secured to the plug 8 of the cook or faucet andpreferably formed integral therewith is a horizontally-disposed bar orlever 15, which constitutes a handle, as shown, the opposite end 15 ofthe lever extending a short distance beyond the plug and in the path ofa lug or projection 16, secured to the tank, so that when the cock isturned the end 15 of the lever will engage the lug 16 and prevent theplug 8 from making a complete revolution.

Secured to the inner wall of the tank or reservoir and preferably at thefront thereof is a tube or vent 17, which passes through the partitionor diaphragm 3 and extends to a point adjacent the upper edge of thetank,

the air being permitted to enter to, and escape from, the tube throughthe slot 13 as the compartment 4 is emptied and replenished Withoutopening the lid or cover 2.

The construction of my device will be readily understood, and theoperation thereof is as follows: hen the cock 7 is closed the valve 6 isopened, permitting the liquid from the compartment 4 to flow throughsaid valve and fill the compartment 5, and when it is desired to drawoff a predetermined quantity of liquid the cock is turned ahalf-revolution, causing the cam 9 to draw the valve-stem 11 downwardlyand close the valve 6, the contents of the compartment 5 being drawnolf'through the cock 7. As the plug 8 is turned the end 15 of the leveror handle 15 engages the stop 16 and prevents the plug from making acomplete revolution and opening the valve before the liquid in thecompartment 5 has been all drawn off. Vhen the cock 7 is closed the cam8 will automatically open the valve 6 and permit the compartment 5 to befilled, the contents being drawn off in the manner before described.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that I have provided anexceedingly simple and inexpensive measuring vessel by means of whichliquids may be drawn in predetermined quantities from a storagetankwithout the use of detached or undivided measures.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, 1s

1. In a liquid dispensing apparatus, the combination with a receptacle,of a measuring vessel in communication therewith, a valve controllingthe flow of liquid from the receptacle, a cock communicating with themeasuring vessel and provided with an operating-lever, a cam carried bysaid lever, and a valvestem formed of a single piece of wire one end ofwhich is provided with outwardly-extending ears or lugs adapted toengage the cam,

the opposite end thereof being secured to the valve.

2. In a liquid-dispensing apparatus, the combination with a receptaclehaving a slot in the upper portion thereof, a measuring vessel incommunication with said vessel, a valve controlling the flow of liquidfrom the receptacle, a cock, a cam carried by the cock, a vent-tube, anda valve-stem one end of which engages the cam, the opposite end of thestem passing through the slot in thereceptacle and being secured to thevalve.

3. In a liquid -dispensing apparatus, the combination with a receptacle,of a measuring vessel communicating therewith, a reciprocating valvecontrolling the flow of liquid from the receptacle, a cock provided withan operating-handle, a cam carried by said handle, a positive connectionbetween the cam and the valve, and a stop or projection secured to thereceptacle and adapted to limit the rotary movement of the cock.

4. In a liquid dispensing apparatus the combination with a receptaclehaving a slot in the upper part thereof, of a partition or diaphragmdividing said receptacle into two com partments, a valve controlling theflow of liquid from one compartment to the other, a cook communicatingwith the'lower compartment, a cam secured to the cock, a valve-stem oneend of which engages the cam, the opposite end thereof passing throughthe slot and being bent at right angles and secured to the valve, avent-tube within the receptacle and terminating at a point adjacent theslot, a stop or projection secured to the receptacle, and a levercarried by the cock and adapted to engage the stop when the cock isopen.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afiixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAMSON R. BARTON.

Vitnesses:

HEZEKIAH REIMERT, W. VVARFoD.

